Plow.



J. SRAMEK. PLOW. APPLICATION FILED JULY 5,1910.

1,014,265. y Patenteanngllz.

' Arm/mm JACOB SRAMEK, 0F BRYAN, TEXAS.

PLOW.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 9, 1912.

Application filed .Tuly 5, 1910. Serial No. 570,229.

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, JACOB SRAMEK, citizen of the United States, residingat Bryan, in the county of Brazos and State ofTexas, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Plows, of which the following isa specification.

This invention has relation to plows and more particularly to reversibleplows.

The object of the invention is to provide a plow having a pivotedstandard and a moldboard and point mounted on each end of the standardand either adapted to be swung into position in front of a fixedlandside whereby the dirt may be thrown either to the right or the l-eftas desired.

Another object resides in a fastening means comprising a single leverand whereby one of the, points may be locked in fixed relation to thelandside and the standard also prevented from swinging.

Finally the object of the invention is to provide means of the characterdescribed that will be strong, durable, efficient, and easy ofoperation, simple and comparatively inexpensive to construct, and alsoin which the several parts will not be likely to 'get out of workingorder.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention has relation tocertain novel features of construction and operation, an example ofwhich is described in this specication and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1. is a side elevation of the improved plow, Fig. 2. is a detailofthe standard hanger and adjacent parts, Fig. 8. is a detail in sectiontaken on the line w-w of Fig. 1, Fig. 4. is a longitudinal sectionthrough the landside and adjacent moldboard and point, and Fig. 5.' is adetail in section taken on the line S-D of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a plow beam terminating at itsrear end in a stock 2 which is split and spread apart at its lower endto form a bifurcated foot as indicated at 3. The split portion 3 entersand is secured in a rectangular landside 4 beveled at its forward end asindicated at 5. Suitable handles 6 are secured at their lower ends tothe stock 2 just above the landside. At the upper end of the stock 2 ahanger yoke or bracket embraces the plowbeam. This hanger is held inplace by a shouldered bolt' 8 passed through the plow beam and theextremities of the yoke and also by a plate 9 lengaging threaded studs10 extending from the yoke and fastened in place by nuts 11 as shown inFigs. 1 and 2. The hanger is bent at an angle and provided with arounded shank 12 inclining slightly upward and extending forward underthe plow beam. A standard 14 is provided at its central portion with asuitable bearing 13 which extends from one side thereof and Yreceivesthe shank 12. This bearing is confined on the shank by a nut 15, theouter end of the shank being screw threaded to receive the nut. At eachend the standard has a forwardly curved portion 16v and the stand-ard isbent so as to cause the curved portions to extend over and under thebeam 1. This is necessaryv as it is obvious that the bearing 13 willcause the central portion of the standard to stand at one side of theplow beam. Each portion 16 is cut out at 17 so as to swing over and inclose proximity to the beveled portion 5 of the landside. The extremeend of each portion 16 enters and is secured to a suitable share orpoint 18 and above this point a suitable moldboard 19 is also secured toeach curved portion 16. The lower share 18 has its landside 20terminating adjacent the forward end of the landside 4 and in alinementtherewith.

With the parts adjusted as shown in Fig. 1 it is apparent that inplowing the soil would be thrown to the left, but should the standard 14be revolved upon the shank 12 to bring the upper moldboard and sharedown into relative position with the landside 4, the soill would then bethrown to the right. l

It is obvious that some means must be provided for locking the standardagainst revolution and holding the share and moldboard in fixed relationto the landside 4. For accomplishing this a bent lever 21 is pivotedbetween the handles 6 `on a transverse bolt 22. The lever is of thebell-crank leg a short distance below the point of intersection of theleg. The upper leg of the lever extends rearwardly between the plowhandle so as to be within easy reach of the plowman. At the intersectionof the legs of the lever 21, a bail 23 is loosely mounted. This bailextends forward and has its free ends turned outward, and each engagingin the lower end of a latch arm 24. The bolt 8 has reduced portions 25extending from its shouldered portions on each side.v As shown in Fig. 5the latch arms are pivoted near their central portions on the reducedpori' tions 25 of the bolt. Washers 26 are placed againstV the outersides of the arms and the eyes of brace links 27 are engaged over theportions 25 and bear against the washers, the rear ends of the bracelinks being attached to the handles 6 as is shown in Fig. 1. The bracelinks are held on the portions 25 by nuts 28.

When the lever 2l is swung rearward as shown in Fig. 1 the upper ends ofthe arms 24 will be swung forward and one of them against the side ofthe standard 14, depending on which side of the beam the standard isswung. By swinging the lever 21 forward theupper ends of the arms 24 areswung rearward out of the path of the standard which is then free torevolve. end of the lever 21 has pivotal connection with the rear end ofa plunger latch bar 29.

' This plunger is mounted to slide longitudinally in the landside 4between the portions 3. When the lever 21 is in the position shown inFig. 1 the forward end of the plunger extends beyond the landside andlies against the inner side of the curved portion 16 of the standard andwhen the lever is moved forward the plunger is withdrawn into thelandside and out of the path of the said portion 16. v

When the plunger is extended it will hold the standard againstrevolution in one direction and in order to prevent movement in theopposite direction a stop lug 30 is turned down from each frog 3l so asto engage the side of the landside 4 as is best shown in Fig. 3. It isobvious that the plunger 29 projects between the lug and the standard.It is also apparent that by simply swinging the lever 21 forward theplunger is withdrawn and the latch arms swung out of the path of thestandard thereby permitting the latter to be freely revolved.

A plow constructed in accordance with this invention will plow the landsmooth to one side without leaving a trench in the soil. In plowing soilthat has been ridged in rows the year before, when plowing across therow the soil will be level substantially the same as would be done witha harrow. When listing the soil the v middle can be thrown at one furrowto each row vbination, a plow beam having a bifurcated The lower withoutthe use of middlebuster. Vhen plowing hill or sloping land, the land canbe plowed up hill or the levee` thrown on the hill side to preventwashing of the soil.v To accomplish these results it is merely necessaryto swing the lever 21 forward and turn the standard yto bring thedesired moldboard and share into position. v

- What I claim is:

. l. A reversible plow, comprising in comfoot, a standard pivoted at itsmiddle pointon said beam and carrying a plow share on each end, arectangular landside mounted on the outer sides of said bifurcated footand extending rearwardly therefrom, a latch bar slidable longitudinallythrough said landside and embraced by said bifurcated foot, a latchpivoted adjacent the pivotV point of said standard, and a levermechanism connected to .said latch and said latch bar, whereby saidlatch bar may be pron jected to lock either of said plow shares to saidlandside in front of said foot, and said standard simultaneously lockedto said plow beam.

2. A reversible plow, comprising in combination, aplow beam, a bracketsecured to said plow beam adjacent its rear end, a Y standard pivoted onsaid bracket at its middle point, a plow share on each end of saidstandard, a latch also pivoted on said bracket and adapted to embraceopposite sides of said standard, a bifurcated foot at the lower end ofsaid beam, a rectangular 100 landside mounted on the outer sides of saidfoot and extending rearwardly therefrom, a latch bar extendinglongitudinally through said landside and through said foot, and adaptedto enter a socket formed in the lower plow share, and a lever mechanismconnected tol said latch and said latch bar and adapted to actuate saidlatch and latch bar simultaneously to lock said standard in position,said landside being mounted to have one side always in alinement withthe landside of the lower plow.

8. A reversible plow, comprising in combination, a plow beam having Vapair of plow handles and a bifurcated foot, a landside secured to thesides of said foot and extending rearwardly therefrom, a bracket securedto'said plow beam adjacent its rear end, a standard pivoted on saidbracketat its middle point,7a plow share carried by each end of saidstandard, each of said shares being adapted to be swung intolongitudinal alinement with said landside with one side of the latterflush with the landside of said plow, a latch also pivoted to saidbracket and adapted to engage the opposite sides of said standard, alatch bar slidably carried for longitudinal movement in said landsideand through said bifurcated i foot and adapted to enter a socket formedin 130 j each of said plow shares, and a lever mechaname to thisspecification in the presence of nsm connected to said latch and saidlatch two subscribing witnesses.

bar and mounted on said handles whereby said latch and bar may beactuated to lock JACOB SRAMEK' said standard and said plow share to saidWitnesses: plow beam. J. L. STASNY,

In testimony whereof I have signed my H. O. JONES.

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